Werner, Antonia M.
Schmalbach, Bjarne
Zenger, Markus
Brähler, Elmar
Hinz, Andreas
Kruse, Johannes
Kampling, Hanna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 17 December 2021
Accepted: 8 March 2022
First Online: 24 March 2022
Declarations
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: Prior to participating, all participants were informed of the general purpose and procedure of the investigation and that data storage would be anonymized. In addition, they received a detailed data protection statement. All participants gave their informed consent before participation. After giving their informed consent, trained USUMA employees conducted face-to-face interviews with all participants. The study included questionnaires inquiring into mental well-being of respondents. However, since no medical or psychological interventions were applied, there was no risk involved for participants. The study is in accordance with German law, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the ethical principles and code of conduct of the American Association of Psychology (APA). Additionally, the study followed the ICC/ESOMAR International Code of Marketing and Social Research Practice. All participants gave their consent before participation. In case of minors between 14 and 17 years, not only the participant’s consent was mandatory but also one parent had to be informed about the content and procedure of the study. The ethics committee of the University of Leipzig gave its approval for the study at hand (072-11-07032011).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.